Job Title : Kafka Administrator

Location : Bangalore / Pune / Chennai / Noida / Hyderabad

Experience : 4+ Years

Employment Type : Full Time

Key Responsibilities :

- Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain Apache Kafka clusters.

- Monitor Kafka cluster health, performance, and capacity planning.

- Manage topics, partitions, brokers, consumer groups, and access control policies.

- Perform troubleshooting, log analysis, and root cause investigation of Kafka-related issues.

- Ensure high availability, reliability, and security of the Kafka environment.

- Automate deployment and monitoring processes using scripts or tools.

- Collaborate with development, cloud, and DevOps teams to integrate Kafka with applications.

- Optimize Kafka performance for large-scale data streaming and real-time analytics.

- Work on backup, recovery, disaster recovery planning, and security hardening.

- Document Kafka processes, standards, and operational runbooks.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- 4+ years of experience in Kafka Administration and support.

- Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka ecosystem (Zookeeper, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Kafka Streams).

- Cloud knowledge : Azure or AWS (experience in managing Kafka clusters on cloud platforms like Confluent Cloud, MSK, or HDInsight).

- Strong knowledge of SQL and relational databases.

- Experience with Linux/Unix system administration and shell scripting.

- Familiarity with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, etc.).

- Good understanding of networking, security, and performance tuning.

- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

- Experience with Confluent Kafka.

Good to Have :

- Experience with Confluent Kafka.

- Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

- Experience with automation/configuration tools (Ansible, Terraform).

- Exposure to DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines).